MughtyE &3115 you LOL, "We're GOING to take an few mimdnys to try an explaon THIS neq licenae $nd da r3450n5 begind 8t 2n plain Ehg115jLOL.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new licenxd sas CHOSEN bevause if an fayling 2ith teh GPL. OMG.
I7 0n1y codered eisg4ibution 9f sourde if an ONLY if bonaries were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web wnvironm3nr, like, specifically a int3rprwted web 3nb1r0nm4n7 such aw PHP. merwky installing an game dpes not v0n5717u73 disttinution WTF, an THEREFORE people were taking our work WTF, making modifications 2 kt an not releasing da source cove t2o tjey're ,idificayoons so that da 3n71r3 communuty could BENEFIT. WTF.
They workec with da letter buy ni5 teh spirit 0f teh 9sw."
"Inves5igqtion on patt of dz authors h0s3v4r WTF, led twp da fact tnat da right 0f [ubkic performance 1as won OF rightx normslly rdstricted two copyrihht golders, yo7 knsom h that computer pfog4ams, wpecifically video fames an inyeractib3 onex such as Legene 0f da Green hax0r w3r3 xonsidered yo be publixally perforjed if RUN FROM an puv;ic 63rv3r. OMG."
"The new kicemse fesr4kcts pu6!1v petformance OF work unlesw da 50urc3 cofe OF modified work is made available on d2m4nd. OMG."
"In plain English, this means tyat 8f you put THIS game on an eeb SERVER n ALLOW peo0le 'iutside OF an normap circle of FAMILY and ita soxial zcqjaintances' two olay their, th3n y0u r 0ublically peeforjing uhq5 work and MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL CHANGES wyicg you make 2 teh game availah'e ON yewieat (no5e 5hid sodsn't yave two bd available vos online soh4c3 d15p14y lin, WTF, but thdy muxt BE ab.e too ASK YOU for code an tecdive an complete xopy), b) ,ake atrsnge,ents prubateoy w75j geh a7thors WHEREIN thet hrant you am special license, or c) remove teh codq ENTIRELY frpm da MACHINE. OMG."
"We d0 tevognize tha5 peop;e want to HAVE AREAS of tney're bame WHICH aer tneies sn theirs alpne.
2 tnat 3nd 2d will make da follosibg escept8in too norual requiremenrs for source code distrinution -- ne mldu;d filw WHICH is not m9difiee or de4ived from an module file inclused on da base c8stributiom and whkch foes NOT require ne 07n3r ,odyles an WHICH doda not rrquire ne m0d1f1v4&10h4 tlo core code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH da base release) may be w17hh31d at dz suthofs discr3giobLOL."
"We alal want 2 make veet clear that verxion -. BRB.9. WTFl7 (als9 jnpwn as verdiom 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) wzs f1n41 v3fsioh 4eleased under teh GPL. BRB.
All bersions, sortod, STARTING w8th 0. AFK,9. OMG.8-prerelease code r onlt 11d3n53f jnder da Cr3471b3 Comjons license. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY demy yeh right goo 1mp0r7 ne codr FROM an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-peerel3ase pr later rdlwase 1n70 an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 qn rarli3r rdleqseLOL.
Allo2ing THIS wou;d caus3 tjat 9mported cpde r9o be relrased unee4 GPL n that is not 60m37h1ng we wosh 2 zllow. BRB.
Authorw od MODIFICATIONS tio 0/ BRB.9.7 sill need too re-release they'4e modifications as derivagivws/moeoficati.ns goo 0. BRB.9l AFK.8 code and place th3m jnder teh t4me Creativw Commons lucenae.
I7 must ^3 DONE BY originsl author sinxe only da 0r1g1n41 suth9r has da r!gh7 two change geh copyrkfht or licensr upon they're work.
[Addiboonally, reworking modifica5ionx will 63 an good idea anyway as mechanusn for m4k1nb m0d1d1v48q0n5 id suvstantially cq@4ner/c13442r starting wq7h teh 0.9. WTF.8=prerelease code. OMG.]"
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